Massie and Cam had driven to Westchester together for Kori Gedman's New Years Eve Party. Massie had just returned from her Christmas in London with her parents the day before, happily reporting that her father had been named CEO and was looking to build a new house back in New York and would be back home with her mother this time next year.
They stopped at Cam's parents' house for lunch and to get ready and they were almost late in between the incessant questions from Harris, Cam's older brother on how they even crossed paths in NYU Greek life when there at least 1,000 people in it and subtle tears from Pamela Fisher because her "Cammy boy finally got with Massie".
Massie had her hand on Cam's thigh as he drove through the city, with a playlist she made him to celebrate their first month together a few weeks ago playing in the background. "So, you had a crush on me back in the day huh?". She smirked.
"What's so funny? Don't think I didn't know that you had a crush on me too Queen Bee", he winked at her.
"Are you nervous?", She asked chewing on her ruby woo covered bottom lip. Twenty-one-year-old Massie Block and fourteen-year-old Massie Block were different people. She was open and honest with her fears and insecurities thanks to Cam.
He used his non steering hand to lock into hers. "Why Would I be nervous?" he said. "I'm pretty sure all of our friends know, plus Alicia forgot to block me from her close friend's story when she took a poll asking what our ship name should be."
Massie giggled, feeling a sort of relief. "You're right, but I'm pretty sure Claire blocked me which makes no sense because you guys broke up almost 10 years ago and I thought it was mutual."
Cam rolled his eyes. "It was, but we hooked up like once the summer before going to college and I've never told you this because I don't pay her any attention but occasionally, she drunk texts me trying to "rekindle what we had"."
He parked his BMW and quickly got out to open Massie's car door he admired her outfit one more time even though he almost tried to get them to stay inside when he first saw her step out of the guest bedroom at his parents' house though she was more subtle and reserved with her outfit choices these days she wore a mini dress that resembled a disco ball and the colors reflected different metallic hues in the light paired with the new pair of certain buttons he had gotten her for Christmas. To top the outfit off, she wore his varsity soccer jacket from high school. She thought she was being funny when she found it in the guest room closet, but the make out session that they had in his parents' driveway before heading to the party convinced her to keep it on. Cam had kept it simple and a pair of black skinny jeans and a sweater the same shaded of Gray as her dress. They held hands as they walked up the driveway and entered the booming house at the top of the hill
Kori "Strawberry" Gedman hadn't changed much since her days at Octavian County Day. She still had her iconic bright pastel pink hair after fully leaning into it after a selfie where she wasn't showing her face went viral on Tumblr several years ago.
If it was anyone else, one would say she was overdoing it, but everyone that had known her entire life was accustomed to the aesthetic.
This year's party theme was "Pink Champagne" (of course). And Kori's first floor looked like her entire Pinterest board had thrown up all over it. But that wasn't what everyone was staring at.
Everyone was staring at the two of them hand in hand. Massie rolled her eyes over all the gawking. "Is someone going to hand me a drink or what?".
Kori immediately rushed over practically screeching "MAHssie hello!" blowing air kisses and repeatedly telling her how fabulous she looked. One of her cronies whose name Massie had forgotten walked up with three pink cups full of some sparkly pink mixture "You MUST have some of the punch. It's a recipe that I've perfected while at university."
Massie rolled her eyes again. Kori had gotten accepted to Oxford University and had to consistently throw British words in all the time to let everyone know that she was attending school overseas.
She had turned to her left hoping that her boyfriend could find an excuse for them to both to get out of this situation, but he was already across the room loudly talking and hugging with some of his former teammates on the BOCD soccer team.
Massie looked down into the cup, concerned by its bright pink color and sighed. "Well, what's in it?"
Kori was in the middle of naming several liquors that shouldn't mix when someone shouted her name across the room in the world's most exaggerated southern drawl. "Massie Block? As I live and breathe?"
Massie had never been more excited to see Dylan Marvil in her entire life.
Absolutely no one was surprised that Dylan had been accepted to NYU's prestigious drama program, so Massie saw her bestie quite often. Due to their grueling schedules and now opposite lifestyles, it was usually on monthly shopping dates.
Though because Massie had new member initiation and Dylan had rehearsals for Rent, they had missed the last two.
Massie handed her cup back to Kori and ran over to her best friend of fifteen years.
It took Dylan going to college to fully grow into her style and become happy with her body. At a proud size eight, she glowed in a sage green mini dress that accented her curls perfectly.
"Dyl! Oh, I missed you so much", Massie said has she embraced her into a hug. "Thank you so much for getting me out of that" she whispered into her hair.
The two giggled as Dylan dragged her friend into the dining room, "Absolutely do not drink that mess. Chris stupidly had a cup and immediately went to go barf". Dylan said of her boyfriend of a little over a year.
It was the summer after freshman year that Chris and Dylan finally rekindled their mutual crushes on each other. The only thing that had stopped them from being together this entire time was the fact that Chris hated that Dylan couldn't see how beautiful she was inside and out. The two had been growing strong with Chris taking the train down from Brown and being front row at every performance of Dylan's with the world's largest bouquet.
In the dining room, there were people she recognized and people she surprisingly didn't. Dylan drug her friend to the corner where she reached behind a cabinet to whip out a bottle of Moet. "You know I always bring my own shit to these things".
Massie giggled as the bottle loudly uncorked, and everyone started at the two. "Do I need to send Merri Lee my best regards for this bottle?" she said before taking a long sip.
"No dahhhling" Dylan said before taking a long sip and burping. "Some guy in the theater department that had a crush on me gifted it for Christmas".
"And what did Christopher have to say when you told him?"
"Oh, he laughed, especially how I told him how red the boys face went when I thanked him and told him it was perfect for my boyfriend and I's anniversary".
The two laughed again and locked hands as they ventured into another room looking for their boyfriends.
"Is the rest of the crew here?" Massie wondered while peeking room to room. She had absolutely zero clue as to where her boyfriend wandered off to.
"I don't know if you've seen the group text, but Leesh said they're all in Kori's basement playing pong."
Massie pulled out her diamond encrusted iPhone 14 out of her bag and low and behold there were several texts in the group chat unfortunately named "MASSive Cunt" asking where Massie and Dylan were. No matter how many times she tried to change it, someone had always managed to switch it back in reference to the subtweet Claire Lyons had made shortly after her and Cam had hard launch on Instagram.
X: lyonsroar: To date your best friend's sloppy seconds…what a MASSive cunt amirite?
*Two retweets fourty likes one save*
kemphurley: lyonsroar RAWR!
*12 retweets 60 likes*
marvilous: Nawt a good look for someone with an already failing acting career
*55 retweets 500 likes*
leeeeesh: marvilous we're calling that straight to tubi flop a career?
*75 retweets 300 likes*
kemphurley: leeeeesh marvilous lyonsroar ladies, please let's sort it out in the ring. Yo dharrington your backyard got room for a mud wrestling pit?
massiekur: '06 Bonnie & Clyde fishernotprice *two attachments*
*100 retweets 687 likes*
skyehamilton: massiekur you dropped this queen *crown emoji*
*3 Retweets 62 Likes*
When the girls had all gone out for thanksgiving eve, Massie had drunkenly uploaded a photo and captioned it
TheMassieBlock: can't come to the phone right now, too busy being a MASSive Cunt Leeeeesh DylanMarvil kristenGregoryy MarleyWylde
Dylanmarvil, kristenngregoryy, joshuahotz and 3500 likes, 45 comments and 250 shares
HarrisFisher: fishernotprice is it my turn or yours to go get them?
Plovert: is this why you keep ordering food to my house dylanmarvil?
Joshuahotz: is that breakup black I see on miss k gregory?
Kemphurley: joshuahotz we're not broken up
Dharrington: kemphurley I'm tired of this grandpa
Dharrington: Also heyyyyy marleywylde
Themassieblock: Absolutely tf not dharrington. I'm blocking you on her phone rn
MarleyWylde has blocked Dharrington on Instagram.
A/N: I have a whole pinterest board of photos and character descriptions i'm gonna post